Union County Arbor Day Poetry Contest fifth grade winners

Union County Freeholder Bruce Bergen congratulates the fifth grade winners of the 2014 Union County Arbor Day Poetry Contest. Tyler Lagun from the Roosevelt Elementary School in Rahway came in second place. Adebisi Akilo from the Jefferson School in Union placed third. Contestants, ranging from grades four through eight, had to prepare an original work in an effort to promote Arbor Day and creatively show the importance of trees in Union County. (Photo by Jim Lowney/County of Union)